GOVERNMENT  OF  MAHARASHTRA

LAW  AND  JUDICIARY  DEPARTMENT

MAHARASHTRA  ACT  NO.  V
OF  1965.

THE  MAHARASHTRA  OFFICIAL  LANGUAGES  ACT,
1964.

(As modified up to the 7th May 2013)

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GOVERNMENT  OF  MAHARASHTRA

LAW  AND  JUDICIARY  DEPARTMENT

MAHARASHTRA  ACT  NO.  V
OF  1965.

THE  MAHARASHTRA  OFFICIAL  LANGUAGES  ACT,
1964.

(As modified up to the 7th May 2013)

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PRINTED  IN  INDIA  BY  THE  MANAGER,  GOVERNMENT  PHOTOZINCO  PRESS,   PUNE
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THE  MAHARASHTRA  OFFICIAL  LANGUAGES   ACT,  1964.

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CONTENTS

PREAMBLE.

SECTIONS.

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

2. Definitions.

3. Continuance of English language for use in State Legislature.

4. Official language for official purposes of State.

5. Marathi language to be used in Bills, etc.

6. Power to make rules.

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MAHARASHTRA ACT NO. V OF 1965.1
[THE MAHARASHTRA OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1964]

[11th January 1965]*

(This Act received the assent of the Governor on the 8th January 1965;
assent was first published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV,
Extraordinary, on the 11th January 1965.)
Amended by Mah. 2 of 1996 (3-1-1996)*

An Act to provide for the adoption of languages which may be used for the
official purposes of the State including purposes of the Legislature of the State.
WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide for the adoption of languages which
may  be  used  for  the  official  purposes  of  the  State  including  purposes  of  the
Legislature of the State; It is hereby enacted in the Fifteenth Year of the Republic
of India as follows :—

1. (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.
(3) This section and section 3 shall come into force on the 26th day of January
1965; and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into †force on such
date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;
and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act or different
matters referred to in those provisions.

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,—
(a) “appointed day” in relation to section 3 means the 26th day of January
1965, and in relation to any other provision of this Act or any such provision in
relation to any matter therein means the day on which that provision or any
provision in relation to that matter comes into force;
(b) “Constitution” means the Constitution of India;
(c) “Marathi” means the Marathi language in Devnagari script which is adopted
in this State under Government Resolution in the Education and Social Welfare
Department, No. TBK-1762-G, dated 20th July 1962.

3.  Notwithstanding  the  expiration  of  the  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the
commencemment  of  the  Constitution  mentioned  in  article  210,  the  English
language may, as from the appointed day, continue to be used, in addition to
Hindi and  Marathi, for the transaction of business in the Legislature of the
State.

4. Subject to the provisions of this Act, Marathi shall, as from the appointed
day, be the language to be used for all official purposes referred to in article 345 of
the Constitution, as respects the State of Maharashtra except such purposes as the
State Government may, by rules issued from time to time in the Official Gazette,
specify, and Hindi may be used as the official language for such excepted purposes.

1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Maharashtra Government Gazette, 1964,

Part-V, Extra, page 364.

*This indicates the date of commencement of the Act.

†Sections 4 and 6 were brought into force with effect from 1st May 1966, vide G.N.,

G.A.D., No. OFL–1066 (i)-M, dated the 30th April 1966.

†Section 5 was brought into force with effect from 15th August 1995, vide GN., G.A.D.,

No. OFL-1095/737/CR.- 36/95/20-B, dated the 14th August 1995.

Short  title,
extent and
commence-
ment.

Definitions.

Continuance of
English
language for
use in State
Legislature.

Official
language for
official
purposes of
State.

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Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964

Marathi
language
to be used in
Bills, etc.

5. Marathi shall, as from the appointed day, be the language to be used—

(a) in Bills introduced (or amendements thereto to be moved) in either House

of the Legislature of the State;

Power
to make
rules.

(b) in all Acts passed by the Legislature of the State and in all Ordinances
promulgated  by  the  Governor  of  Maharashtra  under  article  213  of  the
Constitution;

(c) in all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued by the State Government
under the Constitution or under any law made by Parliament or the Legislature
of the State:

1[Provided that the State Government may  use the English language for the
purposes of clauses (a) to (c), if it is satisfied that it is necessary so to do under
special circumstances or for technical reasons.]

6. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make

rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it
is made, before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a
total  period  of  thirty  days  which  may  be  comprised  in  one  session  or  in  two
successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid
in  the  session  immediately  following,  both  Houses  agree  in  making  any
modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made,
the rule shall from the date of publication of a notification in the Official Gazette
of such decision have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the
case  may  be;  so  however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be
without prejudice to the validity to anything previously done or omitted to be
done under that rule.

1. This proviso was inserted by Mah. 2 of 1996, s.2.

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